Dhanwati Chandela

Dhanwati Chandela (born 1960) is an Indian politician in the Aam Aadmi Party.[1] She represents Rajouri Garden in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi, elected to the post in 2020 after defeating Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ramesh Khanna.[2]

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Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
for Rajouri Garden
Assumed office
Feb 2020
Preceded byManjinder Singh Sirsa
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Alma materHarvard University

Political career

Chandela joined the Aam Aadmi Party in 2019 after serving as a 3-term Municipal Corporation of Delhi councillor. Her husband is Dyanand Chandila, a former MLA from Rajouri Garden and Vishnu Garden Assembly seats.[3]

#FromToPositionComments
012020-Member, Seventh Legislative Assembly of DelhiRajouri Garden Assembly
0220022007Councillor, Municipal Corporation of DelhiGuru Nanak Nagar ward
0319972002Councillor, Municipal Corporation of DelhiGuru Nanak Nagar ward

Member of Legislative Assembly (2020 - present)

Since 2020, she is an elected member of the 7th Delhi Assembly.

Committee assignments of Delhi Legislative Assembly[4]

Electoral performance
Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Rajouri Garden[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Dhanwati Chandela 62,212 55.70 +42.58
BJP Ramesh Khanna 39,240 35.13 -16.86
Independent Sukhpal Singh 5,218 4.67 New
INC Amandeep Singh Sudan 3,398 3.04 -30.19
NOTA None of the Above 694 0.62 -0.20
Majority 22,972 20.57 +1.81
Turnout 1,11,771 62.01 -10.35
AAP gain from BJP Swing +42.58

2017 results
By-election, 2017: Rajouri Garden[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Manjinder Singh Sirsa 40,602 51.99 +13.95
INC Meenakshi Chandela 25,950 33.23 +21.23
AAP Harjeet Singh 10,243 13.12 -33.43
Independent Hardeep Singh 225 0.29 N/A
Independent Davinder Singh Negi 219 0.28 N/A
AIFB Lalit Taak 211 0.27 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 641 0.82 +0.27
Majority 14,652 18.76 +10.25
Turnout 78,091 47.32 -25.04
Registered electors 1,68,026
BJP gain from AAP Swing +23.69

References
  1. "A DHANWATI CHANDELA A". Firstpost. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. "Delhi election result 2020: AAP's Dhanwati Chandela wins from Rajouri Garden". Deccan Herald. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. Vikas Yogi [@vikasyogi] (1 August 2019). "3 term councillor and wife of former Rajouri Garden MLA Dayanand Chandela, Dhanwati joins Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of AAP MP @SanjayAzadSln and Delhi convenor @AapKaGopalRai" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. "Committee System in Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi" (PDF). Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory of Delhi. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  5. "Delhi Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory Of Delhi Composition Of House Committees 2021-2022". Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  6. Atul Mathur (18 January 2020). "Delhi assembly elections: SAD happy to contest from 4 seats in Delhi". Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  7. 2017 Rajouri Garden By-election - Election Commission of India
  8. Abhinav Rajput (10 April 2017). "Rajouri Garden bypoll: Voters say leaders change, but issues remain the same". Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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